"Master Qiansui, under the Second Prefecture of Denglai, it is divided into prefectures, counties and guards. Among them, there are three prefectures, namely Pingdu Prefecture, Jiaozhou, and Ninghai Prefecture, eleven counties, and seven prefectures.

There is also a Beiwa Dusi Mansion in Shuicheng, Dengzhou. In the early years of the Kingdom, Denglai's seven guards alone could pull out nearly 40,000 troops at any time! But now the seven guards have long been depleted and they have no troops.

, but there are many officials like commanders and Qianhu! Each guard basically has more than ten command families, that is, generals who are qualified to command hereditary. There are even more Qianhu families! And there are many military status

Among the scholar-bureaucrats, there are many large families who have produced Jinshi and promoted people. They are intertwined and extremely difficult to rectify.

The minister had been in Dengzhou for less than a month and had no idea what to do. He only repaired the city walls of Dengzhou City and Shuicheng. He also recruited 3,000 men in Dengzhou City to form his patrol team. He also purchased 300 cannons from North Korea.

The total cost of the blunderbuss used was less than 50,000 taels... Although the number of people is not large, it is enough to defend Dengzhou city by danger."

Su Guansheng, with a pale face, sat in the bumpy cabin of the Dalongtou and talked to Zhu Cixi about the situation in Denglai very dutifully. He had been an official in Denglai for many years, and he still had some basic skills. He also had a division of troops led by Li Ruolian.

Backing. So he took over the power of the Second House of Denglai very smoothly.

However, the Denglai regime he led only reached the county level and could not even control the seven guards.

The political power cannot take root, so naturally it can only rely on money for mobilization. Zhu Cihong gave Su Guansheng 300,000 taels before, and he used it well. He spent less than 50,000 taels to mend the city wall and raised patrol tenders. He didn't know what to do.

The channel purchased 300 firecrackers from North Korea - it is really embarrassing to say that these days, the Japanese firecrackers can be used, the firecrackers of the Eastern Han Army can be used, the firecrackers made in Foshan, Guangdong can be used, even the Koreans can use them.

The fire blunderbuss can also be used, but the fire blunderbuss distributed to the Ming army are basically unusable...

Zhu Cixiang's stomach was also fluttering, and he felt nauseated. The feeling of crossing the sea in a wooden boat was really unpleasant!

He glanced at Li Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on his right. This "white-faced young man" didn't have any signs of confusion. He had a faint smile on his handsome and annoying face, which seemed to be a bit sarcastic.

No wonder Li Zicheng wanted to kill him... He looked disgusting! Zhu Cihong said to himself: Fortunately, he is a wise king and has tolerance for others!

"Military advisor, what do you think?" Zhu Cixiang asked.

When Zhu Cihong was in Dagukou, he conveniently appointed Li Yan as a military advisor. In fact, it was a false position.

Li Yan smiled lightly: "Su Futai is not running Denglai, but running Dengzhou."

This is true... but it is too straightforward and offends people!

Su Guansheng's face darkened, "How easy is it to run Denglai? If your military advisor has any clever ideas, you might as well tell them!"

Li Yan glanced at Zhu Cihong, and Prince Zhu also smiled and said: "Commander, if you have any good ideas, just tell me."

Li Yan smiled and said: "My method is to exempt from taxes, recruit soldiers, and equalize the land!"

"Hmph!" Su Guansheng chuckled, "The military advisor thought he was with the bandits? Why do you still say that equalizing land is exempt from taxes?"

Li Yan shook his head and said: "It's not about equalizing land and eliminating taxes, but eliminating taxes, recruiting soldiers, and equalizing land!"

Zhu Cixiang frowned: "An extra recruit?"

"What's the difference?" Su Guansheng looked disdainful.

Li Yan smiled and said: "It's different!

Li Zicheng's plan to equalize land and avoid taxes was actually a laissez-faire approach. He only eliminated taxes but did not equalize the land. Of course, wherever the intruders passed by, poor farmers would refuse to pay the gentry grain, which also had the effect of equalizing the land. But that

It was the common people's initiative. Li Ze's court did not secure population and land through equalizing land and exempting people from taxes. This was his biggest failure!"

"Then what's the difference between your exemption from taxes, recruitment of soldiers, and equalization of land?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The minister's exemption from taxes, recruitment of soldiers, and equalization of land are only used for guard posts, not for civilian fields!" Li Yan said, "This is one of them.

Secondly, the minister’s method is to exempt the tax first, and then recruit soldiers. After recruiting soldiers, the land can be equalized. Moreover, the land equalization is not done by the people spontaneously, but is implemented by the reorganized Weisuo Yamen. Through the equalization of land, the Weisuo government will

The population and land on the ground are completely under control.

In this way, the Denglai Seven Guards will be firmly in the hands of the Fujun Generalissimo! The Seven Guards should have 3 million acres of land, a population of at least 300,000, and no less than 30,000 strong men who can fight with arms!"

It sounds good... but is it really possible?

"Why should we exempt ourselves from the tax first?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Li Yan said: "There are two benefits of exempting the tax first. First, it weakens the financial resources of the guard station. Although the land of the guard station is divided and occupied by officers and military officials, and all lower-level military households are reduced to tenants, the expenses of the guard station will still burden them.

If Master Chitose exempts the military households of Qiwei from paying taxes, Qiwei will have no income, and at the same time, the tenants of Qiwei will be grateful to Master Qiantose for his kindness."

"Huh, I'm just afraid that the commanders below won't execute it!"

Li Yan smiled and said: "These worms are all greedy for money. As long as Master Qiantose can make them feel profitable, they will naturally execute it."

"How to do it?" Zhu Cixiang asked again.

"Of course it is recruitment!" Li Yan said, "Assume that the Seventh Guard has a population of 300,000, and the number of strong men is thirty or forty thousand! Qiantose Master can ask the Seventh Guard to help recruit soldiers... Every time a soldier is recruited, give them

A commission of 10 taels of silver. In order to get the silver, those people will definitely recruit soldiers for Lord Chitose! Not only can they recruit the strong men of Denglai Seven Guards, but they can also recruit the heroes on the ground in Denglai. Shandong has been in chaos in recent years.

, many strong men who dominate the mountains and become kings or travel around the rivers and lakes can be recruited through the local snakes in the guard."

"Hmph, three or four hundred thousand taels!" Su Guansheng shook his head repeatedly, "You are quite generous!"

"This is a temporary gift!" Li Yan said coldly, "Once all the 30,000 to 40,000 warriors of Denglai Seven Guards arrive in Dengzhou and belong to Master Qiantui... Qiantui Master can replace the officials of Seven Guards.

At the same time, we will promote land equalization. We will take back all the land occupied by the command, thousands-households, and military officials, and redistribute it to the 30,000 to 40,000 strong men! If Qiantose wants to get back the 400,000 taels of silver, it will be easy!

In this way, the Seven Guards of Denglai will be Qiantose's territory! With this territory of Seven Guards, it will be easy to rectify the three states and eleven counties of Denglai!"

ah......

This is talent!

Zhu Cixiang now feels that Li Yan is not annoying at all. Not only is he not annoying, but he is also very lovable! No wonder the red lady likes him... Now Zhu Cixiang, a big boy, likes handsome guy Li Yan.

Handsome Li can't go to Henan to fight guerrillas and kill him. The Ming Dynasty still needs him for the great cause of resurgence!

"Su Futai," Zhu Cixiang turned to Su Guansheng and said, "Is the military advisor's method feasible?"

"This..." Su Guansheng was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Li Yan's plan is so damn brilliant, and at the same time so sinister... No wonder he became a rebel!

Su Guansheng frowned: "Master Qiansui, the method is good...but how to deal with the scholar-bureaucrats in the eleven counties of Denglai three states? Will they rebel?"

Rebellion? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: If he can really recruit 30,000 to 40,000 people from the Denglai Seven Guards, his army will be as many as 60,000 to 70,000.

If someone rebels...that would be great!

"Scholar-bureaucrats are easy to deal with!" Li Yan smiled, "The land in military settlements is official land, and it is justifiable for the court to redistribute it and control it. However, the land owned by civilian scholar-bureaucrats is civilian land, and the court has no reason to implement equalization of these lands...

...Otherwise, the imperial court will be like Li Zicheng. As for the civilian scholar-bureaucrats, Qiantose only needs to give them a little sweetness!"

"What kind of sweetness?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Do we also need to be exempted from the tax?"

"No." Li Yan shook his head, "The reason why military fields are exempted from taxes is because of the troops. Why should civilian fields be exempted from taxes? If taxes are already exempted, how can the court live?"

Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Li Zicheng's tax exemption was a mistake! After the tax exemption, his court had no income and the army had no pay. He could only live by looting, which is not a long-term solution."

Li Yan said with a smile: "But the Ming Dynasty's method of collecting taxes is not advisable... It is too easy for the gentry to exempt themselves from taxes, and farmers with many fields use deceptive methods to avoid taxes. The government can only transfer taxes to ordinary farmers, so that

A large number of farmers went bankrupt, and land became more and more concentrated. This is the reason for the chaos in the world!"

"Military advisor," Zhu Cixiang frowned, "do you want to suggest that I implement the unified payment of grains between officials and gentry?"

Li Yan said with a smile: "I will not advise Qiantose Master to do such an impossible thing! And Denglai is the front line of the resistance against the Japanese... It doesn't matter how much taxes and food you pay, what's important is that you can serve as an official

The gentry and the people fight against the enemy with one heart!
Chapter completed!